Teachers’ Instructions (1/2)
Me Tarzan
1. Student ability: Beginner ~ Low Advanced
2. Approximate length of lesson: 20+
3. Number of students necessary: Any
4. Preferred age/maturity: JHS, HS, College, Adult
5. Type of lesson: Group Work / Whole Class
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Language Target: This is a very flexible
lesson and can be used with many kinds
of targets in mind including verb tense
practice, first person or third person
introductions or story telling, working
with articles, singular vs. plural nouns,
noun / verb agreement, possessives,
pronouns, etc.
Higher ability students can use these
worksheets to practice relative clauses or
creating a detailed narrative.
Setting Up: Familiarize the students with the
original story of Tarzan. Where he was
born, what happened to his parents, how
he was raised, etc. (See the note at the end
of these instructions for more
information.)
Getting Started: In groups of as a whole
class, hand out Worksheet 1 to every
student. Explain the story that Tarzan was
raised by the apes in Africa, and even
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though he can communicate with jungle
animals, he never really learned to speak
English.
One day (on one of his adventures)
he met the lovely Jane and somehow or
other they fell in love. What little English
Tarzan learns, he learns from Jane.
Eventually they marry and have a son
named, appropriately, Boy.
Explain to the students that Tarzan
has made a photo album and has given
each picture a heading (in his own version
of English). Students help Tarzan’s
English by correcting his headings in the
box below the photographs.
For example, the first photo’s
heading reads “Me Tarzan.” Students help
Tarzan by writing either of the following:
I am Tarzan.
My name is Tarzan.
This could also be done in third person:
His name is Tarzan.
Higher ability students could try a
sentence such as this (but they will need a
separate sheet of paper to write their
corrections):
This is Tarzan, the man whose
parents were killed when he was a baby
and who was raised by the apes in Africa.
Students then go to the second
photo:
She is Jane. –or-
Her name is Jane. –or-
This is my wife, Jane. –or-
This is Tarzan’s wife, Jane.
When students have finished all twelve
photos, hand out Worksheet 2 and let
them continue the second page.
Guide: If students are beginners, it’s a
good idea to give them a verbal prompt
for each photo to help them get started.
Me Tarzan [Lesson Collection Set #5 – Lesson 22]
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 Teachers’ Instructions (2/2)

The following is a useful guide for lower- #10 The elephants have…come.
ability students. Read the words printed in #11 They are…chasing the lion.
bold: #12 The baby is…safe.

Worksheet 1 Variation 1: In groups of three, one student

#1 I am…Tarzan. offers an accurate caption i.e., I am
#2 Her name is…Jane. Tarzan, a second student offers a second
#3 His name is…Boy. caption, My name is Tarzan, and the third
#4 She is…Cheeta. students offers a third alternative, Tarzan
#5 This is…Cheeta’s baby. is my name.
#6 This is…my family.
#7 That is…my family’s house. Variation 2: Try the lesson in past tense or
#8 There is…a waterfall. third person.
#9 There are…many mountains.
#10. They (These) are…my friends. Variation 3: In pairs, one student looks at a
#11 The hunter is…not my friend. photo and asks the question, the other
#12 My family is…happy. answers:
Student A: What’s your name?
Worksheet 3 Student B: My name is Tarzan.
#1 We are…hungry. -or-
#2 Cheeta is…climbing a tree. Student A: What’s his name?
#3 I am…making a table. Student B: His name is Tarzan.
#4 Jane and Boy are…picking berries.
#5 We are…eating. Writing Practice: Encourage students to do
#6 A lion has…come. a little research on the internet or at the
#7 The lion is…looking at the baby. library to develop each photo in the Me
#8 The baby is…crying (because…). Tarzan worksheets into a paragraph.
#9 I am…calling the elephants.

Illustrated by Christian Der

Contributed by Kurt Scheibner

Note: A complete e-text account of Tarzan of The Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs can be found at:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~emorgan/texts/literature/american/1900-/burroughs-tarzan-335.txt

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